The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-28 00:00:00

NAVA i, , NE W S. PLYMOLITII, O CT . 26.—Arrived the Hindostan, of 50. guns, from Lisbon.. General MURRAY landed from her last. evening in the Hindostan! s Boat',l' which, in coming to the shore from Cawsand say; a- heavy gale of :wind, wils_driVeti on the rocks Ile a' . Redding Point, and totally wrecked :=the Ge -14. l 'aliAvith the Boat's crw, escaped unhurt. he Crane Schooner, of 12 guns, weighed from the So l lad • " this morning to come-into harbour; but stqs, with a heavy gale of wind blowing, she ru n (In.the rocks under the West Hoe, and soon af terwards sunk ; the Officerg and crevir were all saved. Arrived the Enirepren . ante Cutter from off Bresii and the Edgar Transport from Lisbon, .liden with indigo Brc. part of the cargoes taken out of sundry banish VeSsels in that harbour. P° " SI ` 4O UTN, OCT. 27.—Came into harbour his Majesty's Shipsa Medusa, Hercule, Boadicea, and Efizrzbeth. • The Nile Cutter was this day released from qu::- tantine. b RAL, OCT. 27.--Sailed his Majesty's Ship Bel leroPhdn, for Yarmouth. Cam e down from Sheerness his Majesty's Ship 2dymion, and remains in:the Downs with the rest Of the Ships as per last. COMMON COUNCIL. • he Court assembled yesterday, for the purpose 91 - 1 eeeivin g hi s Majesty's Answer to the Address re i.""tlY presented to hi m . Wh en th e . R ecor d er had 9 ' ' earl the Royal Answer, Mr. WAITHMAN arose, a nd, alt er a l ong speec h , i n w hi c h' h e severe l y con tietllned that Answer, treating it, however, as the nswer of Ministers, proposed some Resolutions. He Was seconded by Mr. Q.UIIST, who delivered his.. 3cnt)mentS upon the subject. Mr. S.DIXON maintainedthat it would be disrespeUJul - tO his MAJESTY not to insert his MAJESTY'S An swer upon the Journals of the Court, previous tgkj, anY Resolution that [night be grounded upon Illat Answer, and appe a l e d to ,h e R ecor d er, w h et h er it ~,as not th e -pradice. The Recorder cunfirmed Mr. J : -) lxcm's opini on. Mr. DIXCN then proposed as an V e e ndtnent, th a t his M AJESTY ' S A nswer s h ou ld fi rst entered on the Journals; but this amendment was neg at ived, and, after a long debate, the Resolutions inserted in a previous column were carried without 9 id div isinn, and ordered to be inserted in the Public 4 - tints • Ifesterday a Cabinet Council was held 'at the Fo l'e)go Office, which did not break up till- after six' I %,:ere present his Grace the Dni'.e sj 7 - r°1""-At IT 1 • Eatls CHATHAM, CAMDEN, Ba ssi, andlAr 3 ESTMORLAND ; Lord HAwx.Esßutor CASTLEREAGH ; Mr. Secretary CANNING and Ir. • PERCVAL. The Madrid Gazette of the tith instant contains translatibn of CHAMPAGNY'S report of the 24th of Nrii, on th e a ff airs of Spain, with notes and stric tures , the perfidi ous li ne o f con d uc t pursued by ONAPARTE With regard to that country. The ' ll°l ' v 'e' l g. are th e most str iki ng passages ::When „ flAmp AGNY says, that it is indispensably necessary f or Fr ance that she should have nothing to fear from eiearn, but i on .11e/contrary; have a right to expect Alai t hqt n case o f nee d t h e S pan i s h arm ie s s h it 4/ rch for her " the commentator ek-, m (l.4enCe, 41• ss Here Spaniards, you see the plan of feii rYciiscldi ed, ' which was prepared for you by the ilatiavnr N TAPOLEON. To drag you from your belted e country, from the arms of . those most spmeear , to Yon,_ in ord er , t o c onduct you to the. irk regions of the North, to support-his barbarous oc'• 1 °b ut ,. Such was his infaMous project, and in er to carry it into effect, he made use of, what • On c AGNY calls, his -peculiar and n 4 ew'policy."— vth, assertion—" Justice author' rilen't i ? °lic "Y suggests," he makes the folloWingenM llich An excellent maxim this—a maxim Lions of allAttPrces usurpations,_ tyrannies, and viola /34ns"I' i'ights niakhn which MACHIAVEL whiche t wo uld w ld have shrunk from ritiug down, and .is worthy only of NAPOLEON. Sovereigns of Furep e, f 11 is f or y ou t o scrut i n i se thi s max i m , th at j r :" trlay learn the ptinciples on which NAPOLEON ' S Policy is founded. Woeto you If you do not c `irrea your erroneous notion of what that miscreant Is and be We have sincere pleasure in stating, that by the I ntaceounis from the Bahie, that g:ill.int Officer, Sir J AMES SALTMAREZ, was recovered from hia late in di- • sposit ion. ' The veteran CUMBERLA";:i has proposed to bring t ` t., ) rward a Review of literary Produdions, in which rr ' e name of every Critic is to be annexed to li ! s \:,4•lttersions. The licentious. aiid, daring asperity bas which a certain vehicle , of per bell criticism att ceric, 4 eked literary works, and , the sharne:ess inde co,„/ with which they , lia%e held hp the aHcrers to p rop er bpt and ridicule, render such a measure highly s er• It is shocking to see . lcerning and te d e w s at the mercy of anonymous malignity, Which t from its pen what it dares not utter frAy I ° . n gllO. The .ftiends of literature will be under adz , ' (m-ional obli6tions to Me : : CUMBERLAND for a new Ora of Criticism, which is likely hereafter to be cha 3:Eterized by good manners, if not by judgment and "wledge ; and ntetit will not be afraid, to come forward when it knOws that it will be sate -from private malevolence and wanton levity. ~tat 'r h e Common Coun c il y es t er day; a circum appened of rather a ludicrous nature. The I.4ticcordehr, wben putting the question, " that. bl a iestY'b gracious Answer to the City Addrege," be. r :serted on t h e J outnals,called it, by a iitt/e'lh-i4take, C-Malesty's most grievous 'Answer:" This of course •wils seized as a very happy appelkition by in those who felt sore on the subject of the Answer qusti•ou, and occasioned a prodigious burst of 9ughter. *# • 42DDRESSES. As the' Promotersof Addresies to his Majesty, on - the subjea of the Convention of Cintra, have -dd..- fered much in opinion iespeaing. the topics Willa' D. 7) Stoul be introduced in those Compositiong, t stintnt the following model to them, as it will in clude all that has already been said, and all that they can wish to say on the occasion : " MAY IT DISPLEASE TOUR MAJESTY, `‘ We, your Majesty's discontented and unrea sonable subjeas, anxious to 'throw all possible ob stacles in the way of Government s in order to restore to power, with Talents vev different from ~xliesel.4the present Ministry, and more favourable to our &signs, do not : ask leave to obtrude ourselves upon your Majesty on the present occasion. Our principal reason for troubling your Majesty with a request that you will direct an inquiry to be rricle into :the principles upon which the PortugalConven ffin was founded, is, that your Majesty has already signified to the City of London . that such an inquiry shall be made. Another reason for the same request is, that we can hive no possible grounds for con ceiving that your Majesty will withdraw your gra 7 _ cious promise. But though we doubt not that the inquiry will be compleat arid efficient, yet we think the:opportunity of endeavouring - _ to spread discon tents hi the mean time should not be omitted. 'We confess also that we are apprehensive of the result of that inquiry, as we have some reasons for believing that the Convention will prove a very different one from what it has been ,represented in the factious Prints, and at Meetings notoriously founded in the spirit .of Party. For this reason, may it displease *in —Majesty, we are attempting to frustrate the measure for which we profess to be solicitous, by objeding to one mode of inquiry, and recommend ing another. Hence we hope that the public mind, may be kept in a persuasion that the Conven-; t ion is a bad one, and that ,weJ may succeed in ex suspicions that that mode will be adopted AvhicLi,will be least calculated to 'promote the ends ofjustice. Some of your faCtious Petitioners, there fore, urge a Parliamentary inquiry,- because the Meeting of Parliament is not likely to take place merely on that account, and because the interval will afford scope for all those bold assertions, dark insi-, nuations, and declamatory Philippics, to which the public Prints in our service are constantly devoted• But by retarding the time of inqUiry, we shall alSo 'have an opportunity of attempting to render the Portuguese discontented with the benefits• which, they received from this Country because we were not able to attain for them impossibilities, and be-, cause we gratified their own wishes in ridding them, with all predicable expedition, of their Oppressors, without driving those Oppressors to desperation, de stroying the Capital of Portugal, thousands, perhaps, of its citizens, and sacrificing as Many pf our own gallant countrymen. But our chief motive for wish-. ing to'delay the .inquiry is, to excite a general belief that the real causes of the Cdovention are to be found in the misconduct of Ministers, who neglected td give adequate Supplies to our Army in Portugal. Here, however, we confess we are embarrassed by one point, as, it has been generally_ admitted, that if the vi Rory 'of the 2t st had been properly, followed up, the Enemy must have surrendered at discre tion.; and consequently, if so, it is plain, that Ministry mustlave made ample provision for such a result. From these prethises, and many others, but`principally because your Majesty has promised to „ grant the inquiry, we apply to your Majesty for that purpose, hoping, however, that your Majesty will not, by precipitating the measure, and-ascertaining ' the truth, suspend the operations of party spirit, in its daily attacks on an Administration against whom it has nothing to alledge but what is founded on our own ingenious conjepures and misrepreSentations. " And your Majesty'S discontentedand un reasonable Petitioners,"' &c. CORN-EXCHINNGE, OCT. B.—There 15 again day an extreme short : supply ,of Wheat, anctrtfq . pur ,chasers chiefly decline buying at an advance in price; New as annexed ; tine Old 1 t Us. ; scarce .any Bar ley, Malt, or White Pease; neaps of each kind fetch rather better price; there are likewise very short suppli . es Of Oats, and sale& theredf are rather dearer; Flour at our last quotatiOn. . - . . Wheat 76s a 88s a 98$ 1)(1 Tick Beans . 68s a 73S NI Fine ditto (new) tozs a lo3s (..t: I Oats - 34$ a 37s a4is od `Rye - - OS a 57s od Poland ditto 4zs a 44s od amity - - 44$ a jos od - - 1 rot - awe --—s a 45s od crIll• It 76s a 86X od Rape Seed - 401 a 451 —ed . , ' , htte Pcase 133 s a 145 s od Fine Flout. 7 8:i a gas od Gfey ditto . 36s a 6zs od Sectinds - - ' Bos a liss od }hewn ... - - 705 a 76s od 2§. This day's market had a pretty good supply of different kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mnzton, and fork are cheaper than bar last report'; 'Veal sold at last price, and the trade in general was not over brisk. The sales in the Haymarket were.somewhat dull {lover fetched a better price jhan Monday's market; jay and Stra,w obtained last priaes.—The follbwing ?vices and numbers are an accurate statement : . „To sink the Offi►l per stone of Sib." Beef 3s. iod. to 4s. 6d.—►Mutton zOd. fo 4s. O.— Veal 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Turk Ss. o d. to 6S. 6d. Beasts, goo.—Sheep, 5,400.—Ca1v65. zoo.—Pigs, 3ro. Hay 51. los. oct. to 61. 6s. Ad.—Clover 61. i‘ 3 . utt. to 7 1 • 7s. W.—Straw il. 12$. cd.,to 11. as. oti. .2;7:EWCASTLE, OCT. 'SE: The winter lips set in unusually early this year; the .Cambrian mountains were covered with Silo* on Michaelmas day, an occurrence scarcely within the memory of the oldest Welchman living. The Cheviot Hills in N'orthumberland were three.weeks ago covered with snow, nearly a foot deep;, the high mountains in ,Cumberland, %IZ.. Cross Fell, Helvellyn, and Skiddaw,' are in a similar situation;. and those in Scotland have been covered to their tops a considerable time.. The, equinoatial storms have already left havoc and - devastation behind them in every quarter Of the Island. The severe storm. on Thursday and Friday last has done considerable mischief in the south of Scotland. On-thOie days the fall of snow was attended with very fatal effeCls in the vicinity of Galashiels. The sudden thaw which follo,wed' caused torrents of water, to descend from the surrounding mountains, which- increased Gala Water to such a degree, as not only to sweep away Gala bridge,' but completely to destroy the pub lic post road, : in consequence of which the mode of communication in that, part of the country is com pletely obstru&ed. We are sorry also to add, that an extensive machinery, ere&ed for the mariufa&ur ing of woollen cicrl, was entirely carried away by th torrent, which has thrdwn a number of indus triNis people out of employthent. toc - --. Private accounts received yesterday from Holland state, that a New Decree, more rigorous than any which preceded it, was issued on the 17thinstant. The following are the principal articles contained in it " I. All exportation is suspended until further orders. "I I . f he superintendence of the coast shall be divided into three districts : t. From the Helder to the Island. or Wal cheren shall be commanded by Gen. Dumonceau. z. From -the Helder to lia , lingen by,Adrsirel De •Winter. G. From Harlingen to the jande by General Castanet. " 1 11. The Commanding Generals shall be personally re sponsible far the execution of the existing .measures.relating to the twal shelling of the ports of the kingdom, the commu nication with the enemy, as well as. for all those we may hereafter order. There shall be a daily report made by them to the, Minister, or immediately to the King; and they are re quired to give an account of the negligence or disinclination of the civil anctmilitary agents. " IV. All fishing-boats shall,:,be compelled to ‘return to the place from whence they . sailed, and they shall not be ad mitted .any where else, even, under the pretence that they have received damage. If they shall be found to have any proofs Q 1 hating communicated with the enemy un . board,• such as strangers not belonging to their crews, the least pack age of inercirandize of any kind, letters or newspapers, they shall became the property of the . Civil or Military Authori ties who assist in seizinkthem, as soon as the legality of the seizure . shall have been deter Mined by the judge, whd must pronounce a definitive sentence in the course of fifteen days at highest. V. All merchant vessels, whether bearing the Dutch or a foreign flag, which shall attempt to enter any of the har— bours or roads in the above-mentioned districts, shall be warned ce , :.,tor a.boat, and, apprized that they will be fired upm if t, attempt to enter." This Decree is stated . to. be. the result of an engage ment agreed upon by the two EMPERORS at •Erfurth. They have, it is- said, mutually pledged themselves that none of the ports or'places under their eontroul shall .be open to any foreign comtherce. • The line of _exclusion is to extend from* St. Petersburgh to Bayonne. Our.accounts . also mer Won, that the . vessels'whieh were ready to sail were detained, their papers taken and :I was exported their cargoes reAanded. They moreover notice,a rumour, that the Empe ror ALEXANDER was pacifically inclined,. but that BUONAPARTE',. was for . strong measures,. and .up braided !he former with a disposition' to renounce the principle of the engagements he had entered into. at Tilst. Last week, while the sexton of Tynemouth Church was digging a grave in North Shields Chuich yard, he imagined he heard a feeble voice under his feet, pronounce th e wor d " mur d er !" b u t l oo ki ng down and perceiving nothing, he plucked •up his spirits and resumed his work. No sooner, however, did he begin to make use of his spade, than the same awful sound vibrated three times in his ears:—the. courage of the astonished Moses forsook him—the spade dropped from his grasp, and, with the agility of a harlequin, he skipped out of the grave, and fled from the Churchyard, to the no small amuse ment of those who were in the secret; A soldier Pradising VentriloquisM, who was placed at a con venient distance, conveyed the sound. • The following remarkable instance of the saving of two Foy-boat men,. who were assisting the Brig Providence to sea from Sunderland Harbour, occur red on the Ist inst.• On crossing the Bar,,a heavy sea struck the Vessel, and at the sam e time br o ke over the Foy-boat, and turned her bottom up with two men in her,.namely, William Hudson and John Morris ; the latter got upon the bottom of the Boat, while Hudson was exposed to the force of the waves. Their perilous situation being witnessed from the Ship, . Richard Hudson, who was on boaid as Pilot, urged by the necessity of affording speedy as sistance to the two men (one of Whom was his bro ther), with remarkable fortitude and presence of mind, ,Hutting off his waistcoat and shoes, jumped overboard with. a line hi his hand, from the Ship, and swath with it to the two men, and succeeded in giving each of them such• a hold of the line as e.. - abled the sailors on board to draw them td the side Of the Vessel, whence they were assisted safe On board, and thus prOvidentially saved. Crih yesterday was presented with one hundred and fifty , -pouncls by his backer; out of the stake mo ney, as a reward for his courage. Gregson is also well taken care 'of by his patron,, and will receive a handpme subscriptionpurse, celleeled by s Mr. Jack son who has presented the othet losrs With suns Of money adequate to theintrierits. A General Coutt, of PrOprietots of the Albion Fire and Life Insurance Company was held yesterday; at the Company's House; in New Bridge-street, for the Choice of •Diredors: for the ensuing Year; when the:follO wing Gentlethen were unanimously re-ele4- ed : . , lAMES l' ATTISON, lsq. Chairman:, , .. I 0 IIN TQWGOOD, Esq.. Deputy Chair - man. T. Sta r li n g B enson , E sq. TSoniasMaltby, - Esq. Henry Bonham, Esq: M.P. Joseph Minet, Esq. Henry Bufmester, Esq. Henry Pigeon, Esq. huicslisorton; Esq. Sir lohn einhorn I. Calvert Clarke, Eicl. , Wm. Rayley, Esq. Richard Clay, Esq. , • IVm. Smith, Esq.'Nl.P. john Daniers, Esq. Joshua Jonathan Smjth, Esq. Soldition Davie •, i:sq. . Altit.nnan and. Sheriff. Wm, Gonne, Esq. Thoin;.B Smith, Esq. and Gab: flandasytie, Esq. Akita - min .Nlatihew Harrison, Esq. D. Rich. Warington, Esq. 104 Kingston, Esq. M, George, LCRITAC, En. OT D BAILg7. sECdtql) 0CT..27 ' f Samuel . I.Ty am.; -.vas indict-led for stealing from . ..Tob; f l Edward> three two seven-shilliogs piece's, and son , . his person. - in the one-shilling gallery of Orury-laneTileatii, on the night of the 17th 0a0 .7 ber instatif Prisoner was, there ;- the gallery was very much crowded; the Prisoner pushed agni fist hiin at diffTent times ; at last' he Mt his hand iii his breeches pocket, and 'immediately - the prisoner made off. The prosecutor pqrStied; and cried out '''Stop thief!" he secured hi m op the stairs : rilOnt'y was found in a , :sindow near the snot. A -boy saw the :prisoner allow the' money ;tern hire into the'w.indow. Tweedv:4e constable, prodo6ed the money, which he foongsfiet:*ndow, among which the. prove- cntor identified one seven-shillings piece, a~ being a erdorA.i.d'obe'. The prisoner' - handed in a paper, in which he Merely asserted his innocence, and threw himself' . on the mercy Of the Jury. Verdi a—Guilty Sarah Fuller was indi6ted for stealing a pocket : book,. containing one 51. note, and three tl. no!es., , the property of James Hart. The prosecutor 1)4 been drinking in a public-house, in Went-worth street, Whitechapel„ on the evening of the 9t,b. inst. Upon leaving it, the prisoner accosted him in the street, and wanted. him to go hoine ith her,. which he refused ; she then thrust her hand into thq pocket of hiilacket, 'took his pocket-byok, contains ing the money, and ran off ; he pursued and took; her; she was rescued from him by some women, butshe was afterwards secured. •, Upon his cross-examinarion, he denied he was ill liquor at the time, or that be had spoken in atik other woman before the prisoner came up to Lim. kfis'testimony was confirmed by a m an wig in his CoMpany at the time, and who pursued ti.o prisoner when she was rescued. - Two witnesses were calied,swho gave her a gene ral if,c)o.t chaeAc..htr---;.she was found (i/iiity. gti , ,qt/A2!er stood ithholL:cl tor itealing ,hors&i:itiligurritibrty of s Joieph kork nan. John f ii'lirendon, of To:7..llmin Gr•eii, a firri,r, had the horse in his stables,. A.)4i 8i; ) of last, for the cure of a sore toot ; st :.r • over night ; about four in the morning he w.i , ed by his dog, and getting_ 60, found the ..';!H: 'broken to pieces, and the horse stolen. 1-1 , -;•: inlitA..- diately pursued towards Hainimersniith, end ol!ct tQok the prisoner on theliorse. He instantly '4r ed n alp.had no dout as to the identity o f t h e t - horse. Alnan who was with the last witness, confirmed his staterntiifTeizing the prisoner on the horsi.. The'prisOner; in hiS defence, stated he was v,ry drunk, and fell asleep on the road; he awoke about three:or foUr in 'Abe. fnorning, when a man on the horse coming by, offered to let him ride, which ha and in about ten Minutes, he was apprehended, He called no: witnesses, and the Jury tbund him -, • • • Edward Murray was 'indicted for stealing two geese, the property :of John Bowering, a polit:e,rer. in Charlotte -street, Fitz;N4quarc, pivately, iu the shop. Junes -Arls pt:ssing by half-past eight On the night of the sth instant, 13:-d' .‘ observed the - prisoner and, another man ; the pr;- soner went into -the shop and came out again, and they both..went off be dogged• them till he met a watchman ; he seized, the `poisoner; the other mats made his escape. The prisoner called several_ witnesses, who gave - him a most excellent charaEter. The Jhry, under, the , direaion of the Learned, Judge (ThomisON) found him guilty of stealing, but not privately,,in the shop. Sarah Thirst was indicted for stealin g a silk purse,. corit4niug l i,gguineas, ' from Elias Hendricksen,--: Thelyphliloi., Who, is a Dane (a sailor), had the misiorfiine .to go with the prisoner to sleep, on tht night of the 30th September last. He took Off his jacket, in which was the purse, with his Moncy.• He had drank too much. In the Morning she writ :ont . , leaving him in bed. :John Harrison; the man whose house they were at; a countiyMan of awokehim about nine o'clock, when lie missed money. The prisoner was then , present, and denied havipj,Aken it. . The man's wite, and a boy about fiyiiiN..yeais old, had slept i n th e s a m e room. rOWne, Police Officer, swore, the prisoner„upon being told another woman was taken into custodj.; who owned the prisoner had been laying out' money that morning, confessed she had robbed the prosecu tor. The clothes so purchased, together with. i 3 guineas, the remains of the money, were secured by him, and produced in Court. • Mary Ward, the woman above alluded tO, swore she went with the prisoner to buy various articles of apparel. Among the rest, she bought two rings, the prosecutor, as she said, haVing promised to mar ry her. She.had given her the things, togeth er . With the t 3 guineas; to take care of for her. The Jury found the prisoner giriltfi of stealing; but not privately, in the dwelling-house. CharlesDavis.was indrated for stealing a poCket book, the property of Lieutenant den, of the Royal Marines, Woolwich, who stated he' was goi ng along the Strand, in the middle - of the day of the 2Uth September last, when he lost his pOcketolc. con taining : some papers of no valtie, but could not swear positively whether it was stolen from him or he dropped, it,. Mr. Charles Cressy, whO was passing through !bit \ Strand,,asotly,4 time, saw ainari hand a. pocket•book stkc.Thply zi t# . the Prisoner, who immediately ran (ff witl, jhjohe. transaaion exciting his sitspicions,_ immediately pursued him, crying, e Stop thlet,' an i sdcceeded in securing him, when 'he asserted he had picked up the pocket-book The Prisoner persisted in the same story this day, but the Jury found him—Guilly. • WONDERFUL EXERTIONS.—A pbor widow .wo- • man, of the name of JANET GRIEVE, whose ouiy son was pressed, some weeks ago, on board the 12,en- 1 f &Oil Leith Roads, failing in her exertions in that .. 04 . :14fte;fliet bhp off, and being determined to pre- ' sent t Ai' litrigbn a petition to that . effe6.l to the Lords . of the - Allii4alty, left Edinburgh on the 13th inst. and arrived' in London yesterday forenoon, at the 1 house of relation, of her's, in Little St: James's street': she tr i lvelled all the way on foot, at the rate ,cof more than 30 miles tier day. 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